Characters
Events
Vocabulary
Class Discussions
Quotes
100
The son of Joseph Strorm.
Who is David Strorm?
100
This character tells David: "You like Sophie, don't you? Then will you keep a secret, and important secret?"
Who is Sophie's Mother.
100
This word is defined as: "he ability to understand and share the feelings of another."
What is empathy?
100
The Chrysalids is defined as this genre of literature.
What is science fiction?
100
This character said: a mutant is "a thing accursed in the sight of God and man!"
Who is Joseph Strorm?
200
This character is tortured by hot irons being pressed on her feet.
Who is Katherine?
200
The group is chased from Waknuk into this region.
What is the Fringes?
200
This is the home of the Sealand woman.
What is Zealand?
200
This is an element of science fiction that relates to the likelihood of events in the story happening in real life.
What are plausible events?
200
This character said: "Blasphemies are not treated the same way as Offences."
Who is the inspector?
300
This character is known for his disagreements with Joseph Strorm, most notably, a disagreement over the great horses.
Who is Uncle Angus?
300
This is the reason that the Sealand lady refuses to go back to Waknuk to rescue Rachel.
What is lack of fuel?
300
This is a document that each child gets upon being cleared of any deviations by the inspector.
What is a normalcy certificate?
300
This is an element of mystery best described as: "When authors leave unanswered questions."
What is suspense?
300
This character said: "We've got to believe God is sane."
Who is Uncle Axel?
400
This character is described by David as having two sides. David refers to her gentle side by this name.
Who is the 'inner' Rosalind?
400
This is the primary book on which Waknuk has based their society.
What is the Bible?
400
This is the a book, written by a human, that is held in high regard in Waknuk society.
What is Nicholson's Repentances?
400
This is a recurring theme in the Chrysalids which directly relates to the laws of Waknuk society.
What is purity?
400
This character said: "Repentances says to keep pure the stock of the Lord by fire, but that's note good enough for the bloody government."
Who is Old Jacob?
500
This telepath was killed by a falling tree. (Full name)
Who is Walter Brent?
500
Every character in the novel pretends that this event does not happen.
What is Petra's birth?
500
This word is defined as: "described as being full of malice or spite"
What is venomously?
500
This was the location of a nuclear disaster in the Ukraine.
What is Chernobyl?
500
This character said: "Dear David, have they hurt you badly?"
Who is Sophie?
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